Children in Southwark Southwark Overview—Las Palmas, January 2012 Prep visit

An inner London Borough Location of the Greater London Mayor’s Office Location of famous Tower Bridge Thriving Cultural & Tourist area --But also dense housing and areas of great deprivation An area of contrasts...

3 Child Population 55,000 Children aged 0-16 live in Southwark Nearly 37,000 go to school in Southwark 4 in 10 are eligible for free school meals compared to just over 1 in 10 nationally

4 Southwark Classroom pupils Mixture of provision community schools Church schools foundation schools academies Improving IT infrastructure One teacher plus one or more teaching assistants hours of teaching a day Core curriculum but freedom over delivery Formal testing, nationally reported at 4, 8,11, 14,16 and 18. New Government means change is underway.

5 Schools in Southwark 36,730 Total 176 PRUs (3)‏ 452 Special (7)‏ 4,711 Academies* (6)‏ 8,333 Secondary* (9)‏ 22,540 Primary (72)‏ 518 Nursery (5)‏

6 School Population

7 Child Population 40% first exposed to a language other than English at home (EAL)‏ 1 in 3 pupils at the end of primary school joined their school after their peers 587 Children are looked after by Southwark

8 Languages How many different languages are spoken in Southwark schools? a)8 b)59 c)174 d)576

9 Issues Large number of new arrivals at any one time Low levels of income Expectations of children often too low Large proportion of social housing Underinvestment in council property going back many years Outcomes rapidly improving £400m invested in secondary schools £150m in primary schools

10 Learning Opportunities for Young People in Southwark

11 Life in and around Life in and around Southwark Schools

12 Housing

13 Tourism & Culture

14 Goldsmiths --is a constituent college of the University of London. Based in New Cross, London, Goldsmiths specialises in the teaching and research of creative, cultural and cognitive disciplines. The institution was founded in 1891 as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute. It was acquired by the University of London in 1904 and was renamed Goldsmiths' College. The word 'College' was dropped from its branding in 2006, but "Goldsmiths' College", with the apostrophe, remains the institution's formal legal name. Goldsmiths is best known for courses and research relating to creativity and culture—design, media studies, music, sociology, psychology…and teacher training.

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